Recent content by Sprog

Apologies, I thought I had closed this thread sometime ago. Just to let you know that the problem was to do with the screws for the water block! They were too long, therefore the block didn't actually press tight enough to the GPU and so took no time to overheat and produce the symptoms...

Hi, I finally put my waterblock on my graphics card yesterday. I can't remember the name of them both except to the say the card is a mid-range (I'll find out after I go home tonight and update if need be) one. The problem is, a shortwhile after the PC manages to boot into Windows, it switches...

Apologies if this thread is best served in another forum but this one seemed to me to be the most relevant one and I am becoming desperate! It might be me just being thick but I simply cannot find a provider that will allow the following. All I'm looking for is a FTP server (if that's the...

Hi, My graphics card may be on the way out so in the meantime I need to prepare for a contingency plan. The mobo has a VGA port and the monitor has HDMI/DVI/VGA ports. The issue is that the cable is DVI which is about 10 metres long and is hidden behind the skirting, the output from the...

Hi, Just to let you know, it's working now but don't know why. I remember this happened to me a long time ago (with a different rig). When I came back from work, it just started up again and I think if it was to happen again then all I need to do is just leave it for a few hours and it starts...

Thanks for your replies: Everything is USB2.0 The problem is that, to use another port on the PC would mean having another extension cable to where I'm sitting. What if I used, the optional mains power port? Only problem is that I have to buy one just to find out that it didn't solve the...

In a nutshell I'm wondering if I'm simply over-loading my USB hub or maybe the quality of the extension cable is causing interference. I have apprx. 5m & 3m USB extension cables coupled together that runs from the back of my PC to where I'm sitting. A USB powered small hub is attached to the...

Thanks very much, I'll remember that.

That's just it, I haven't. However, what did happen was the PC crashing for no apparent reason and from then on it has been like this. In fact it refused to boot at all so I initially I had to install XP on another hard drive to recover my own files (no back up!) but for no apparent reason...

Are there any good general rules when installing XP regarding the size of a hard drive? My hard drive is 200GB. I'm wondering if it's advantageous to install XP in its own partition, say 20GB? Then, install software like games and keep My Documents folder on another, so if I ever had to...

Hello When a PC is reaches the stage when it is supposed to start displaying the XP loading screen, mine doesn't. Instead the screen goes black for a minute and then displays small grey bars spaced out equally straight across the bottom of my screen. It seems to be a progress bar because very...